{"data":{"id":"us/33-u.s.c.-1984","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"33 U.S.C. § 1984","heading":"Prioritization of marine debris in existing innovation and entrepreneurship programs","body":"In carrying out any relevant innovation and entrepreneurship programs that improve the innovation, effectiveness, and efficiency of the Marine Debris Program established under section 1952 of this title without undermining the purpose for which such program was established, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Energy, the EPA Administrator, and the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall prioritize efforts to combat marine debris, including by—(1) increasing innovation in methods and the effectiveness of efforts to identify, determine sources of, assess, prevent, reduce, and remove marine debris; and (2) addressing the impacts of marine debris on—(A) the economy of the United States; (B) the marine environment; and (C) navigation safety.","path":["Title 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS","CHAPTER 33A—MARINE DEBRIS RESEARCH, PREVENTION, AND REDUCTION"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc33@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:09Z","sha256":"1ff515f4c81cdb097154bec78a590e3d4c124442c5812e3fb641735df0ea49ef","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/33-u.s.c.-1983","next":"us/33-u.s.c.-2001-to-2038"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}